Passage of change : law, society, and governance in the Pacific /
Passage of change : law, society, and governance in the Pacific /
edited by Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton Cain.
- xx, 357 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-352) and index.
Introduction / THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE: -- Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific / CORRUPTION: -- Corruption / Governance, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in the South Pacific / The Vanuatu Ombudsman / CUSTOMARY LAW: -- Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family / Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law / Rites, Whites and Might: A Critique of the Effect of the Revival of Customary Law upon the Autonomy of Indigenous Women / The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region / HUMAN RIGHTS: -- The Notion of Human Rights / Human Rights vs. Custom in the Pacific: Struggle, Adaptation, or Game? / Customary Family Law and Gender Discrimination in Papua New Guinea / NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES: -- Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance / Legal Developments in the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory and Straddling Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean / REBUILDING NATION STATES: -- Building Bridges - Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea / Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society / Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain -- Vijay Naidu -- Robert Hughes -- Graham Hassall -- Edward R. Hill -- Jean G. Zorn -- Jean G. Zorn -- Susan Bothmann -- Tess Newton Cain -- Anita Jowitt -- Ian Fraser -- Owen Jessep -- Laurence Cordonnery -- Laurence Cordonnery -- Sinclair Dinnen -- Anthony Regan -- Robert Hughes. SECTION 1. 1. SECTION 2. 2. 3. 4. SECTION 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. SECTION 4. 9. 10. 11. SECTION 5. 12. 13. SECTION 6. 14. 15. 16.
1740760255 9781740760256
2004353514
Law--Oceania
Customary law--Oceania
Social change--Oceania
Jurisprudence--Oceania
Oceania--Politics and government
Oceania--Social conditions
KVC117 / .P37 2003
340.5295
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-352) and index.
Introduction / THE CONTEXT OF CHANGE: -- Modernisation and Development in the South Pacific / CORRUPTION: -- Corruption / Governance, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law in the South Pacific / The Vanuatu Ombudsman / CUSTOMARY LAW: -- Custom Then and Now: The Changing Melanesian Family / Issues in Contemporary Customary Law: Women and the Law / Rites, Whites and Might: A Critique of the Effect of the Revival of Customary Law upon the Autonomy of Indigenous Women / The Incorporation of Customary Law & Principle into Sentencing Decisions in the South Pacific Region / HUMAN RIGHTS: -- The Notion of Human Rights / Human Rights vs. Custom in the Pacific: Struggle, Adaptation, or Game? / Customary Family Law and Gender Discrimination in Papua New Guinea / NATURAL RESOURCE ISSUES: -- Environmental Law Issues in the South Pacific and the Quest for Sustainable Development and Good Governance / Legal Developments in the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory and Straddling Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean / REBUILDING NATION STATES: -- Building Bridges - Law and Justice Reform in Papua New Guinea / Constitutions as Limits on the State in Melanesia: Comparative Perspectives on Constitutionalism, Participation and Civil Society / Legal Pluralism and the Problem of Identity / Anita Jowitt and Tess Newton-Cain -- Vijay Naidu -- Robert Hughes -- Graham Hassall -- Edward R. Hill -- Jean G. Zorn -- Jean G. Zorn -- Susan Bothmann -- Tess Newton Cain -- Anita Jowitt -- Ian Fraser -- Owen Jessep -- Laurence Cordonnery -- Laurence Cordonnery -- Sinclair Dinnen -- Anthony Regan -- Robert Hughes. SECTION 1. 1. SECTION 2. 2. 3. 4. SECTION 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. SECTION 4. 9. 10. 11. SECTION 5. 12. 13. SECTION 6. 14. 15. 16.
1740760255 9781740760256
2004353514
Law--Oceania
Customary law--Oceania
Social change--Oceania
Jurisprudence--Oceania
Oceania--Politics and government
Oceania--Social conditions
KVC117 / .P37 2003
340.5295